| Three Months Ended March 31 | |||||||||
| US$ millions (except per unit amounts), unaudited | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
| Net income (loss)1 | $ | 209 | $ | 16 | |||||
| – per unit2,3 | $ | 0.42 | $ | (0.03 | ) | ||||
| FFO4 | $ | 333 | $ | 261 | |||||
| – per unit5 | $ | 0.85 | $ | 0.71 | |||||
Brookfield Infrastructure reported net income for the quarter of
FFO of
“2018 is off to a good start. With the sale of our Chilean electricity transmission business, we continue to demonstrate our full cycle investment strategy,” said Sam Pollock, Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Infrastructure. “The proceeds dramatically increased our total liquidity, which now stands at over
Segment Performance
Our utilities segment contributed FFO of $169 million compared to $100 million in the prior year. This step-change increase was primarily attributable to the contribution from our Brazilian regulated gas transmission business acquired in April 2017, and to a lesser extent, an increase in our rate base and upward inflation adjustments in our other utility businesses.
Our transport segment reported FFO of $137 million in the period, compared to
Our energy segment generated FFO of $66 million, compared to $62 million in the same period last year. This improvement captures the incremental contribution from new contracts, higher gas transport volumes and further equity invested into our North American natural gas transmission operations. Results were partially offset by lower contribution from our gas storage business that is being impacted by a weak spread environment.
Our communications infrastructure segment generated FFO of
The following table presents FFO by segment:
| Three Months Ended March 31 | ||||||||||
| US$ millions, unaudited | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||
| FFO by segment | ||||||||||
| Utilities | $ | 169 | $ | 100 | ||||||
| Transport | 137 | 123 | ||||||||
| Energy | 66 | 62 | ||||||||
| Communications Infrastructure | 19 | 19 | ||||||||
| Corporate | (58 | ) | (43 | ) | ||||||
| FFO | $ | 333 | $ | 261 | ||||||
Update on Strategic Initiatives
We have executed on several initiatives that will contribute to our results and liquidity:
(I) Chilean Electricity Transmission – In March, Brookfield Infrastructure closed on the sale of its 28% interest in Transelec for
(II) Colombian Gas Distribution – The previously announced acquisition of a controlling interest in Gas Natural S.A. ESP, the second largest gas distribution network in
Distribution
The Board of Directors has declared a quarterly distribution in the amount of
Additional Information
The Board has reviewed and approved this news release, including the summarized unaudited financial information contained herein.
Brookfield Infrastructure’s Letter to Unitholders and Supplemental Information are available at www.brookfield.com/infrastructure.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is a leading global infrastructure company that owns and operates high quality, long-life assets in the utilities, transport, energy and communications infrastructure sectors across
Brookfield Infrastructure is the flagship listed infrastructure company of Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately
Please note that Brookfield Infrastructure Partner’s previous audited annual and unaudited quarterly reports have been filed on SEDAR and Edgar, and can also be found in the shareholders section of its website at www.brookfield.com/infrastructure. Hard copies of the annual and quarterly reports can be obtained free of charge upon request.
For more information, please contact:
| Media: Claire Holland Vice President, Communications Tel: (416) 369-8236 Email: [email protected] | Investors: Rene Lubianski Senior Vice President, Corporate Development Tel: (416) 956-5196 Email: [email protected] |
Conference Call and Quarterly Earnings Details
Investors, analysts and other interested parties can access Brookfield Infrastructure’s First Quarter 2018 Results as well as the Letter to Unitholders and Supplemental Information on Brookfield Infrastructure’s website under the Investor Relations section at www.brookfield.com/infrastructure.
The conference call can be accessed via webcast on May 2, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time at https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1623154/8FC855A267AD312DCC680DBB57788248 or via teleconference at 1-866-521-4909 toll free in
Note: This news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian provincial securities laws and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the
References to Brookfield Infrastructure are to the Partnership together with its subsidiaries and operating entities. Brookfield Infrastructure’s results include limited partnership units held by public unitholders, redeemable partnership units and general partnership units.
References to the Partnership are to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
1. Includes net income attributable to non-controlling interests ‒ Redeemable Partnership Units held by
2. Average number of limited partnership units outstanding on a time weighted average basis for the three months ended March 31, 2018 were 276.6 million (2017 – 259.5 million).
3. Results in a loss on a per unit basis for the three months ended March 31, 2017 as allocation of net income is reduced by preferred unit and incentive distributions.
4. FFO is defined as net income excluding the impact of depreciation and amortization, deferred income taxes, breakage and transaction costs, and non-cash valuation gains or losses. A reconciliation of net income to FFO is available on page 8 of this release.
5. Average number of partnership units outstanding on a fully diluted time weighted average basis, assuming the exchange of redeemable partnership units held by
6. Payout ratio is defined as distributions paid (inclusive of GP incentive and preferred unit distributions) divided by FFO.
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | |||||
| Consolidated Statements of Financial Position | |||||
| As of | |||||
| US$ millions, unaudited | Mar 31, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | |||
| Assets | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 890 | $ | 374 | |
| Financial assets | 206 | 196 | |||
| Property, plant and equipment | 10,090 | 9,937 | |||
| Intangible assets | 9,805 | 9,894 | |||
| Investments in associates and joint ventures | 4,685 | 5,572 | |||
| Investment properties | 199 | 192 | |||
| Deferred income taxes and other | 3,293 | 3,312 | |||
| Total assets | $ | 29,168 | $ | 29,477 | |
| Liabilities and partnership capital | |||||
| Corporate borrowings | $ | 1,279 | $ | 2,101 | |
| Non-recourse borrowings | 8,179 | 8,063 | |||
| Financial liabilities | 1,360 | 1,313 | |||
| Deferred income taxes and other | 4,743 | 4,526 | |||
| Totalliabilities | 15,561 | 16,003 | |||
| Partnership capital | |||||
| Limited partners | 4,977 | 4,967 | |||
| General partner | 25 | 25 | |||
| Non-controlling interest attributable to: | |||||
| Redeemable partnership units held by | 2,014 | 2,012 | |||
| Interest of others in operating subsidiaries | 5,839 | 5,875 | |||
| Preferred unitholders | 752 | 595 | |||
| Total partnership capital | 13,607 | 13,474 | |||
| Total liabilities and partnership capital | $ | 29,168 | $ | 29,477 | |
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | |||||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Operating Results | |||||||||||
| For the three months ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| US$ millions, except per unit information, unaudited | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 1,013 | $ | 656 | |||||||
| Direct operating costs | (409 | ) | (343 | ) | |||||||
| General and administrative expenses | (58 | ) | (51 | ) | |||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | (193 | ) | (120 | ) | |||||||
| 353 | 142 | ||||||||||
| Interest expense | (114 | ) | (94 | ) | |||||||
| Share of (losses) earnings from associates and joint ventures | (5 | ) | 23 | ||||||||
| Mark-to-market on hedging items | (36 | ) | (37 | ) | |||||||
| Gain on sale of associate | 338 | — | |||||||||
| Other (expenses) income | (24 | ) | 24 | ||||||||
| Income before income tax | 512 | 58 | |||||||||
| Income tax expense | |||||||||||
| Current | (170 | ) | (12 | ) | |||||||
| Deferred | (15 | ) | — | ||||||||
| Net income | 327 | 46 | |||||||||
| Non-controlling interest of others in operating subsidiaries | (118 | ) | (30 | ) | |||||||
| Net income attributable to partnership | $ | 209 | $ | 16 | |||||||
| Attributable to: | |||||||||||
| Limited partners | 122 | (8 | ) | ||||||||
| General partner | 35 | 28 | |||||||||
| Non-controlling interest – redeemable partnership units held by | 52 | (4 | ) | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per unit attributable to: | |||||||||||
| Limited partners1 | $ | 0.42 | $ | (0.03 | ) | ||||||
1. Average number of limited partnership units outstanding on a time weighted average basis for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was 276.6 million (2017 – 259.5 million).
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | ||||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||||
| For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||
| US$ millions, unaudited | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||
| Operating Activities | ||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 327 | $ | 46 | ||||||
| Adjusted for the following items: | ||||||||||
| Losses (earnings) from investments in associates and joint ventures, net of distributions received | 9 | (5 | ) | |||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | 193 | 120 | ||||||||
| Mark-to-market on hedging items, provisions and other | 69 | 21 | ||||||||
| Gain on sale of associate | (338 | ) | — | |||||||
| Deferred income tax expense | 15 | — | ||||||||
| Change in non-cash working capital, net | 191 | (4 | ) | |||||||
| Cash from operating activities | 466 | 178 | ||||||||
| Investing Activities | ||||||||||
| Net proceeds from (investments in): | ||||||||||
| Associates | 1,274 | (49 | ) | |||||||
| Long-lived assets | (175 | ) | (134 | ) | ||||||
| Financial assets | (25 | ) | (96 | ) | ||||||
| Net settlement of foreign exchange contracts | (54 | ) | (30 | ) | ||||||
| Cash from (used by) investing activities | 1,020 | (309 | ) | |||||||
| Financing Activities | ||||||||||
| Distributions to limited and general partners | (228 | ) | (194 | ) | ||||||
| Net (repayments) borrowings: | ||||||||||
| Corporate | (789 | ) | 683 | |||||||
| Subsidiary | 60 | (41 | ) | |||||||
| Issuance of preferred units | 157 | 220 | ||||||||
| Issuance of partnership units | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| Subsidiary distributions to non-controlling interest, net of capital provided | (175 | ) | (14 | ) | ||||||
| Cash (used by) from financing activities | (971 | ) | 660 | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | ||||||||||
| Change during the period | $ | 515 | $ | 529 | ||||||
| Impact of foreign exchange on cash | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | 374 | 786 | ||||||||
| Balance, end of period | $ | 890 | $ | 1,323 | ||||||
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | ||||||||||||
| Statements of Funds from Operations | ||||||||||||
| For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| US$ millions, unaudited | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | ||||||||||||
| Utilities | $ | 203 | $ | 128 | ||||||||
| Transport | 178 | 165 | ||||||||||
| Energy | 79 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Communications Infrastructure | 23 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Corporate | (58 | ) | (51 | ) | ||||||||
| Total | 425 | 350 | ||||||||||
| Financing costs | (112 | ) | (110 | ) | ||||||||
| Other income | 20 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Funds from operations (FFO) | 333 | 261 | ||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (210 | ) | (158 | ) | ||||||||
| Deferred taxes and other items | 86 | (87 | ) | |||||||||
| Net income attributable to the partnership | $ | 209 | $ | 16 | ||||||||
Notes:
Funds from operations in this statement is on a segmented basis and represents the operations of Brookfield Infrastructure net of charges associated with related liabilities and non-controlling interests. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as FFO excluding the impact of interest expense and other income or expenses. Net income attributable to the partnership includes net income attributable to non-controlling interests – redeemable partnership units held by
The Statements of Funds from Operations above are prepared on a basis that is consistent with the Partnership’s Supplemental Information and differs from net income as presented in Brookfield Infrastructure’s Consolidated Statements of Operating Results on page 6 of this release, which is prepared in accordance with IFRS. Management uses funds from operations (FFO) as a key measure to evaluate operating performance. Readers are encouraged to consider both measures in assessing Brookfield Infrastructure’s results.
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | ||||||||||||
| Statements of Funds from Operations per unit | ||||||||||||
| For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| US$, unaudited | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||||
| Earnings (loss) per limited partnership unit1 | $ | 0.42 | $ | (0.03 | ) | |||||||
| Add back or deduct the following: | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 0.53 | 0.43 | ||||||||||
| Deferred taxes and other items | (0.10 | ) | 0.31 | |||||||||
| FFO per unit2 | $ | 0.85 | $ | 0.71 | ||||||||
1. Average number of limited partnership units outstanding on a time weighted average basis for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was 276.6 million (2017 – 259.5 million).
2. Average number of partnership units outstanding on a fully diluted time weighted average basis, assuming the exchange of redeemable partnership units held by
Notes:
The Statements of Funds from Operations per unit above are prepared on a basis that is consistent with the Partnership’s Supplemental Information and differs from net income per limited partnership unit as presented in Brookfield Infrastructure’s Consolidated Statements of Operating Results on page 6 of this release, which is prepared in accordance with IFRS. Management uses funds from operations per unit (FFO per unit) as a key measure to evaluate operating performance. Readers are encouraged to consider both measures in assessing Brookfield Infrastructure’s results.
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | ||||
| Statements of Partnership Capital | ||||
| As of | ||||
US$ millions, unaudited | Mar 31, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | ||
| Assets | ||||
| Operating groups | ||||
| Utilities | $ | 2,366 | $ | 3,290 |
| Transport | 4,067 | 4,116 | ||
| Energy | 1,820 | 1,806 | ||
| Communications Infrastructure | 650 | 614 | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 557 | 205 | ||
| $ | 9,460 | $ | 10,031 | |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Corporate borrowings | $ | 1,279 | $ | 2,101 |
| Other liabilities | 1,165 | 926 | ||
| 2,444 | 3,027 | |||
| Capitalization | ||||
| Partnership capital | 7,016 | 7,004 | ||
| $ | 9,460 | $ | 10,031 | |
Notes:
Partnership capital in these statements represents Brookfield Infrastructure’s investments in its operations on a segmented basis, net of underlying liabilities and non-controlling interests, and includes partnership capital attributable to non-controlling interests – redeemable partnership units held by
The Statements of Partnership Capital above are prepared on a basis that is consistent with the Partnership’s Supplemental Information and differs from the Brookfield Infrastructure’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Position on page 5 of this release, which is prepared in accordance with IFRS. Readers are encouraged to consider both bases of presentation in assessing Brookfield Infrastructure's financial position.
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